One of my new year resolutions is to read 20 books in 2024. So here’s the list (in reverse chronological order) :D The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch You’ve ...

Intro As spring break comes to an end, I will take some time to reflect on the past winter quarter and set some goals for spring and summer. Overall, the winter quarter is a lot busier and more ful...

Intro Last year at this time, I’ve had just finished my college application essays and I had no idea where I’d end up now. Looking back, 2023 has been a crazy and eventful year. Lots of ups and d...

Author’s Note Recently I’ve started exploring AI more despite previous reluctance to do so. The main reason being that the people doing AI here at UCLA are very cracked and seem to actually know ...

˙◠˙ Update I bombed the second tryout too. Such a clown :( Original Post The first ICPC tryout took place yesterday, which would decide who would represent UCLA in the top 3 teams of the regiona...

Just a Few Words To Myself (9/29/2023) Remember that I have a lot of goals to achieve in college. Just because other people are relaxing and having fun doesn’t mean I should do the same. Wor...

Goodbye A significant portion of my friends have already left for college, and I will only be briefly in town before I leave for UCLA in mid September. It’s tough saying goodbye to so ma...

The Faculties The Kids :D Intro This post is a sequel to Teaching & Living Alone (California ed.), where I wrote about my first-week experience working at AlphaStar. Due to a variety of reas...

A night in California Intro This summer, I started working as a computer science instructor for AlphaStar Academy. AlphaStar offered me to teach either online or in-person, and I ultimately decid...

Update 7/21/2023 Sadly I’ve not been able to stick with my original plan :( Might restart in the near future. Intro Can’t believe that I would ever say this, but running is actually quite fun! ...